Changing Minds, Changing Lives from the Top Down: An Investigation of the Dissemination and Adoption of a Canada-Wide Educational Intervention to Enhance Health Care Professionals’ Intentions to Prescribe Physical Activity

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 336-344

  Tomasone, Jennifer R ^a   Martin Ginis, Kathleen A ^a   Estabrooks, Paul A ^b   Domenicucci, Laura ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

^c The Canadian Paralympic Committee   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Diffusion of Innovations; Health care professionals; Leisure time physical activity; Physical disability; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84930083985     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-014-9414-6     Document Type: Article

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